And here I was naively believing the editorial horrors of the earlier volumes where (mostly) gone. This might be a new low, though. I laughed, but now I just feel really disappointed. Thank god for the tankōbon.

Typos actually don't bother me that much. That kind of stuff happens even in super-expensive productions, believe it or not. There have been a few in the Dark Horse editions, and they aren't deal breakers for me... But that Rickert/Roderick confusion is inexcusable.

It's really weird to be holding the latest episode of Berserk translated in English. A first for the series.

Mine came in the mail today. I agree with Walter. It's reaaaallly strange reading the newest episodes in a Dark Horse book. I thought about if/when this day would come a long time ago.

Despite the Dark Horse errors which I think we've all grown accustomed to at this point, I must say reading this physical copy in English front to back is a real treat. I honestly think this is one of my favorite volumes. I don't know if I'm only feeling this way because it's been so long or whatnot, but ... well, its a real treat

Is it me or are some of the Volumes drying up again? Great and all they are selling incredibly well!

But I need Vol. 16,18,28,29 and 31 to complete my collection. Amazon UK (Where I am from) is joke and Amazon US only has one I need in stock! I have tried Forbidden planet, UP1 publishing, Ebay ( ) ,Waterstones, Barnes and Noble, Dark Horse and Right Stuf . With Right Stuf I don't ave the money to pay for that kind of shipping after my car failing its MOT

Trust me, I'm not waiting any longer than I have to (waiting for Paypal transfer). A day has passed and it seems that Book Depository has given up on keeping Volume 4 in stock. This is getting ridiculous! How many copies did Dark Horse reprint? 100?

Trust me, I'm not waiting any longer than I have to (waiting for Paypal transfer). A day has passed and it seems that Book Depository has given up on keeping Volume 4 in stock. This is getting ridiculous! How many copies did Dark Horse reprint? 100?

There's some posts about it where DH mentions the minimum number required for them to order a reprint. It's really not that many.

Picked up vol 37 this week. I'd been keeping up with the recent episode threads on this site, so I knew what to expect in general, but I had already forgotten about a lot of the important details since those episodes first came out 1 - 2 years ago.

A couple of times during the Spring Flowers of Distant Days episodes I questioned whether or not the English localization was as good as it could have been, but overall it was a fun read and I am so grateful that Dark Horse continues to put out the series.

My condolences to anyone who is having a difficult time finding back orders.

From dealings with them in the past, I got the impression they're on a very tight budget. Rescanning and ordering new editions would be costly.

For what it's worth, while the early editions are pretty terrible, everything past vol 14 or so in terms of visual quality has been decent. But they're guilty of typos and other mistakes throughout the series. While I'm grateful they brought Berserk to us in English, and in a timely manner, I can't help but wish the series had a better steward, like Viz.

From dealings with them in the past, I got the impression they're on a very tight budget. Rescanning and ordering new editions would be costly.

For what it's worth, while the early editions are pretty terrible, everything past vol 14 or so in terms of visual quality has been decent. But they're guilty of typos and other mistakes throughout the series. While I'm grateful they brought Berserk to us in English, and in a timely manner, I can't help but wish the series had a better steward, like Viz.

Thanks for all that info. That answers more questions that were on my mind.

From dealings with them in the past, I got the impression they're on a very tight budget. Rescanning and ordering new editions would be costly.

For what it's worth, while the early editions are pretty terrible, everything past vol 14 or so in terms of visual quality has been decent. But they're guilty of typos and other mistakes throughout the series. While I'm grateful they brought Berserk to us in English, and in a timely manner, I can't help but wish the series had a better steward, like Viz.

Doesn't Viz usually censor their stuff though? I've only got one or two mangas aside from Berserk, Hellsing and Trigun. But I remember the nudity being censored in my old roommates copies of Love Hina (which he re-read constantly) does Viz publish "adults only" plastic wrapped stuff to? I know even DH shies away from that when they can, it was a minor ordeal finding their uncensored edition of Ghost in the Shell. Not an ordeal I'd recommend btw, you get 3 or so color pages of a lesbian threesome which adds nothing to the story, I just got it mainly because I hate censorship on principle.

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Maybe they censor their stuff that's aimed at kids, but nothing I've seen from them has been censored.I own all of Vagabond (another seinen series), Real, and am currently picking up Slam Dunk and Monster. Their work has been top notch, both in localization and the print side. They also aggressively rerelease their series.

Maybe they censor their stuff that's aimed at kids, but nothing I've seen from them has been censored.I own all of Vagabond (another seinen series), Real, and am currently picking up Slam Dunk and Monster. Their work has been top notch, both in localization and the print side. They also aggressively rerelease their series.

Also I looked it up and Kodansha USA localized Love Hina, not Viz.

D'oh. Well it's been a few years since then. Could have sworn it was Viz, but then I didn't really read them since I found most of the characters insufferable. And as I saw one internet reviewer sum up the relationship between the two main characters years later is basically "Domestic abuse, hilarious!" but then the whole "harem genre" isn't my thing.

I've heard Vagabond is good but never checked it out.

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